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What strokes gained actually measures

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What strokes gained actually measures

Strokes gained replaced simple averages with a comparison against a baseline, and that shift changed how good golf is described.

How the cut shapes strategy long before it happens

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How the cut shapes strategy long before it happens

A cut on Friday evening changes decisions made on Thursday morning, because a score that never gets banked cannot be defended later.

Course setup, not distance, is golf's real difficulty lever

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Course setup, not distance, is golf's real difficulty lever

Two courses of identical length can play nothing alike, because difficulty in golf is manufactured on the ground, not measured on a scorecard.

Links golf is really a wind problem in disguise

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Links golf is really a wind problem in disguise

Firm ground and coastal exposure make wind the dominant variable in links golf, and that changes what skill actually looks like there.

Green speed changes more than putting alone

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Green speed changes more than putting alone

A faster green does not just make putts roll further, it narrows the margin for error on every shot played toward it.

Why golf's distance numbers keep climbing

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Why golf's distance numbers keep climbing

Equipment, fitness and technique have each pushed distance upward, and no single cause explains the trend on its own.

Wedge distance control is where scoring is actually won

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Wedge distance control is where scoring is actually won

Full-swing power gets the attention, but the ability to control a wedge to a precise number decides far more rounds.

Why line and speed cannot be read separately on the green

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Why line and speed cannot be read separately on the green

A correct read at the wrong speed still misses, because the line a putt takes changes with how hard it is struck.

Match play and stroke play reward different golfers

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Match play and stroke play reward different golfers

Counting holes instead of shots changes what risk means, and that single difference produces two genuinely different games.

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